Title:
Mental health promotion. A database of initiatives in Northern
Ireland. |
Published:
HPA, March, 1999. |
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Description:
This document provides an initial
database of a range of projects underway in Northern Ireland
which aim to promote mental health. The information is presented
under six categories:
- general mental health promotion,
which has been universally applied to everybody within or
across particular developmental stages or within a particular
setting;
- programmes related to infants
and pre-school children within high-risk groups;
- programmes related to school
aged children or young people within high-risk groups;
- programmes related to adults
or older people within high-risk groups;
- programmes related to individuals
or groups with an early or less disabling mental health
or behavioural problem, or their carers;
- programmes related to individuals
or groups with an identified severe mental health or behavioural
problem or diagnosed mental illness, or their carers.
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Format:
A4, 148 pages, spiral bound. |
Other
formats:
PDF available Here (434kb). |
Target
group:
Health professionals. |
Available
from:
Central
Health Promotion Resource Services and public
libraries. |
Additional
information:
In the context of this document the aim of mental health promotion
is to enhance competence, self-esteem and a sense of wellbeing
at the individual level, and to address the broader structures
and environments that have negative mental health impacts. |